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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






2. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






3. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






4. Float (total float - free float)






5. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






6. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






7. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






8. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






9. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






10. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






11. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






12. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






13. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






14. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






15. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






16. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






17. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






18. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






19. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






20. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






21. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






22. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






23. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






24. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






25. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






26. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






27. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






28. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






29. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






30. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






31. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






32. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






33. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






34. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives






35. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






36. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






37. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






38. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






39. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






40. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






41. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






42. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






43. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






44. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






45. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






46. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






47. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






48. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






49. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






50. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)